CAN continued their awesome work during the LCA closing plenaries on Wednesday, with an intervention that differed greatly from the KP's in tone, but not in logic or constructiveness.

Since it was delivered by a Ghanaian, the intervention was held on a much more personal level, which we can only hope ensured effectiveness. I would paraphrase the opening paragraph, but that would just ruin it:

"I had hoped, as a Ghanaian that I would be able to find inspiration and hope during this week in Accra, that your presence here in my country, and the obvious climate threats we are facing, would spur you to further action. I am, however, worried for the pace of these negotiations, and the pathway forward to achieving an ambitious post-2012 agreement is still unclear to me and the pace of your progress dangerously slow."

Samuel Dotse, the deliverer, continued to acknowledge the few proposals and discussions that could be considered major accomplishments, namely the Norwegian proposal to auction AAU's to fund adaptation and mitigation, the REDD meetings, and the workshops on sectoral approaches.

The issue of absolute specificity dominated the rest of the speech, as CAN called for more concrete proposals on mitigation (in relation to MRV, comparability, and bunker fuels), adaptation (in relation to finance as part pf the polluter pays principle, instead of international aid), and technology cooperation and transfer.

CAN is absolutely right that without solid proposals on these issues and many others, a new agreement will not be ready by Copenhagen. Furthermore, CAN stressed that going head-to-head over the KP's mandate vs. the LCA's mandate is not achieving anything.

Overlap is bound to happen, as the two working groups are inextricably linked to the absolute mission of creating a new agreement for a new climate regime. They have to work together.

The intervention ended with an impassioned call to action for a "flurry" of new submissions to be made before Poland. Pray that it reached all in attendance.

Thanks again to CAN for providing texts of these fantastic interventions. We'll be back tomorrow when the final summaries and updates come out, so we can wrap this thing up!

Rhiya